Geometry and Atmosphere : Theatre Buildings from Vision to Reality / by C. Alan Short, Peter Barrett [and] Alistair Fair with Monty Sutrisna and Giorgos Artopoulo

Author: Short, C. Alan (Charles Alan), 1955-
Additional Titles: Theatre Buildings from Vision to Reality
Published: Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, 2011.
Copyright Date: ©2011
Physical Description: xxvi, 266 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 25 cm
Additional Creators: Barrett, Peter (Peter Stephen), 1957- and Fair, Alistair

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Almost as important as jobs, housing and education': the Context of the Publicly Funded Arts in Britain / Alistair Fair -- 2.A means of unlocking future opportunity': The Lowry, Salford / Alan Short -- 3.`Defining the essence of the organization through architecture': Contact Theatre, Manchester / Alan Short -- 4.An exercise in knowing abstemiousness': Poole Arts Centre - `The Lighthouse' / Peter Barrett -- 5.`Making something extraordinary': Belgrade II, Coventry / Alistair Fair -- 6.`Turn the theatre inside out': Curve, Leicester / Alan Short -- 7.`So fabulously theatrical you can almost chew on it': Hackney Empire / Alistair Fair -- 8.`Many a theatrical scheme has come to grief because it put bricks and mortar before drama': Some Familiar Issues, 1926-1996 / Alistair Fair -- 9.An Architect's Photographic View: the Design and Life of the Theatres / Giorgos Artopoulos -- 10.Emerging Themes / Monty Sutrisna -- 11.The Internal Dynamics of the Projects / Monty Sutrisna -- 12.Conclusions / The Research Team.

Subject(s)

Theater architecture

ISBN

9780754674047 (hardback : alk. paper)
0754674045 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780754690399 (ebook)
0754690393 (ebook)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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